Precipitation in Meaghers Grant tops that of 94% of Canadian towns: 1,393 mm a year
Nights in January average −10.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 20–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Meaghers Grant itself; the figures are those of Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 29 km west.
A year in Meaghers Grant at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Meaghers Grant’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nova Scotia beside it.
What a year in Meaghers Grant feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
151 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 3 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,393 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in November, the least in July. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
215 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to May; January brings the most, about 54 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Meaghers Grant
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Meaghers Grant’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 24 days a year here.
Roughly 28 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Meaghers Grant’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Halifax Stanfield (Airport)
Halifax Stanfield (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 17.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Upper Stewiacke, 37 km |
How Meaghers Grant compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Nova Scotia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Meaghers Grant whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 32–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meaghers Grant.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meaghers Grant Halifax Stanfield (Airport) | 24.2°C | −10.1°C | 1,393 mm |
| Stewiacke 32 km · Upper Stewiacke | 25.1°C 0.9°C warmer | −11.6°C 1.5°C colder | 1,277 mm |
| Halifax 43 km · Shearwater | 22.7°C 1.5°C cooler | −8.3°C 1.8°C milder | 1,414 mm |
| Millbrook 27 50 km · Debert | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −12.0°C 1.9°C colder | 1,179 mm |
Meaghers Grant weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.2°C | −10.1°C | −5.7°C | 126 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.7°C | −5.2°C | 111 mm | 44 cm |
| March | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −0.9°C | 120 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.2°C | −0.3°C | 4.5°C | 106 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.5°C | 4.6°C | 10.1°C | 110 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 14.1°C | 19.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 159 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −5.8°C | −1.9°C | 147 mm | 44 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 1,393 mm | 215 cm |
In March, anything from −20.7°C to 27.2°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.2°C of its normal of −5.7°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Meaghers Grant’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Halifax Stanfield (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Meaghers Grant’s climate
How warm does Meaghers Grant get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 24.2°C.
How cold does Meaghers Grant get in winter?
Lows sink to −10.1°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Meaghers Grant get?
Precipitation totals 1,393 mm a year, with November the wettest month (159 mm) and July the driest (87 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 84 days a year.
Are these figures for Meaghers Grant itself?
They are borrowed from Halifax Stanfield (Airport), the nearest place to Meaghers Grant where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
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